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Old 12-15-2016, 10:44 PM
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I was never good at modeling spheres which would be the propellant tank. Mangalyaan has 2 of them, stacked one on top of the other. The one that is protruding halfway out of the primary structure is the one that can be seen. On the first try, I tried a petal design which was not forgiving. Next I tried conic sections, which looked a little better but not by much.

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